Identification of the gene regulatory networks controlling vascular development in plants – a comparative approach at single-cell resolution Ghent University
When plants colonized the land evolved specialized structures which enabled anchorage and movement of nutrients and water throughout the whole plant, the root and the vascular system. Large evolutionary changes such as this are the result of modifications of the gene regulatory network (GRN), composed of regulators controlling the expression of target genes, that controls organ development. In order to unravel the key changes which led to the ...